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Originally Posted by Archie Bunker
Not sure why, you drafted a slot guy, a TE, and 2 safeties before getting a NT or a ILB. That alone equals FAIL, right?
I mean look at the NTs and ILBs available when you ignored the only needs that matter, stuck to your board and went with Gilyard and Jones.....
Cam Thomas, NT, North Carolina
Torrell Troup, NT, Central Florida
Linval Joseph, NT, East Carolina
Jamar Chaney, ILB, Mississippi State
Sean Lee, ILB, Penn State
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I don't know how many times I have to say this, but I'm not upset they passed on a NT. You can get them later in the draft.
Had they taken Cody or Joseph in R2, I would have been fine with it. May not have agreed with it, but would have been fine with it.
I addressed our biggest need, the pass rush. Daryl Washington was my pick at 50, but was taken a few spots ahead of me. There wasn't another ILB worth the pick at the time, IMO. Koa Misi would have been redundant after taking Hughes.
In round 3, I had a decision to make. Sean Lee, who at the time (6 weeks ago) I felt was a solid R3 pick, or hope he falls and take the guy that solves BOTH the WR3 AND KR holes.
Had Gilyard just been a slot guy, or just a KR guy, I probably would have went with Lee. I felt that if I missed Lee, that Chaney would be there at the top of R4. I was wrong, but I filled two spots with a 3rd round pick, versus Pioli filling both holes with both R2 picks.
McCoy was a no brainer in R4 with Lee and Chaney off the board. He's a 2nd round talent that fell because he failed a drug test after we started the mock. And I didn't give up picks to get him, like Pioli did with Brokie Moeaki.